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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC Historical Background of ORGANIC ChemistryOrganic chemistry is the area of chemistry that involves the study of carbonand its compounds. Carbon is now known to form a seemingly unlimited numberof compounds. The uses of ORGANIC compounds impact our lives daily in medicine,agriculture, and general theory (Oparin, 1923) ORGANIC chemistry may have its beginnings with thebig bang when the components of ammonia, nitrogen, carbon dioxide and methanecombined to form amino acids, an experiment that has been verified in the laboratory(Miller, 1950). ORGANIC chemicals were used in ancient times by Romans andEgyptians as dyes, medicines and poisons from natural sources, but the chemicalcomposition of the substances was the 16th century ORGANIC compounds were isolated from nature in the purestate (Scheele, 1769) and analytical methods were developed for determination ofelemental composition (Lavoisier, 1784).
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1.1 Historical Background of Organic Chemistry Organic chemistry is the area …
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